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Born 30 August 1977 (age 47) ( 1977-08-30 ) York, England, United Kingdom Occupation Journalist and presenter Agent Mission Sports Management Profiles | ||
Philippa tomson showreel 2015
Philippa Tomson (born 30 August 1977) is an English journalist and presenter. She currently appears on ITV's Good Morning Britain.
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- Philippa tomson showreel 2015
- Itv presenter philippa tomson s showreel
- Television
- Radio
- Writing
- Awards
- Charity interests
- References
Itv presenter philippa tomson s showreel
Television
In March 2002 she joined ITV News Central on ITV Central – newsreading bulletins, co-presenting alongside Bob Warman and reporting in the West Midlands region. In addition, she worked as a freelancer with Central Extra on ITV Central, ITV News London on ITV London, the ITV News Channel and Westcountry Live on ITV Westcountry.
On 25 September 2006, she became a co-presenter of ITV News Tyne Tees on ITV Tyne Tees. On 2 February 2009 she was redeployed as the weather presenter and a fill-in presenter of ITV News Tyne Tees and Lookaround for ITV Tyne Tees & Border.
In November and December 2009, Tomson appeared as a weather presenter for GMTV, and on 29 December 2010 for Daybreak on ITV Breakfast.
On 1 May 2012 she joined Sky News as a freelance news presenter and reporter,
A year later she returned to Daybreak (now Good Morning Britain) where she is a news producer/reporter and occasional newsreader. For a time she was a reporter for ITV News London.
Radio
From August 2008 until July 2011, she was an occasional co-presenter of Tony Horne in the Morning on Metro Radio. In April 2009, she guest co-presented on Real Radio North East alongside former ITV Tyne Tees colleague Jonathan Morrell.
Writing
At the age of 18 she trained as a journalist and later became the chief reporter for the Express & Star in Wolverhampton.
From February 2009 until August 2011, she was a columnist for the Sunday Sun. She has worked as a features writer for the Daily Mail.
Awards
Charity interests
Tomson is a member of the Cash for Kids charity. She was also the 2008 vice-president for the Tsunami Fund Raising charity, when she helped to raise money for students at the Ban Kamala School, devastated by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
She is a patron of Someone Cares and in 2009 took part in the Great North Run to raise funds and awareness for the charity. In 2010 she ran the event for Brysons Animal Refuge and Ark on the Edge animal sanctuary, while in 2012 she ran again in aid of Ark on the Edge and also the Children's Heart Unit at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle upon Tyne.